Brush holder for paint pot



sept. 22, 1959 o, L, CARSON 2,905,419

BRUSH HOLDER FOR PAINT POT Filed NOV.. 30, 1956 INVENToR. 07'7'0 L.CARSON United States Patent BRUSH HOLDER FOR PAINT POT Otto L. Carson,San Jose, Calif.

Application November 30, 1956, Serial No. 625,359

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-110) This invention relates to brush holders and moreparticularly to a brush holder for receptacles such as paint pots or thelike.

There have been numerous types and forms of brush holders developed foraccomplishing the ultimate result of holding a brush in such a mannerrelative to a paint pot or bucket that the handle of the brush will notbe covered or coated with the uid in such pot or bucket. The presentinvention contemplates a structure which is simple and economical tomanufacture and one which will be highly eilcient in use and thepurposes for which it is intended.

The device of the present invention is especially suited for pastebrushes used by paper hangers so as to keep the sticky bristle end ofthe brush away from the ycutting and trimming table where it could messup the paper or material prior to hanging of the same on a wall. Inaddition thereto the device of the present invention serves to hold thebrush in a vertical position within the contines of the pot or bucketcontaining the paste or uid to be applied by the brush. To this end itis an object of the present invention to provide a vertical supportagainst which the brush can be hung, bristle end down, so that drippingstherefrom will fall back -into the bucket. It is a further object toprovide a brush holder so constructed as to be chordally disposed withinthe bucket leaving a major area of the open end thereof clear for accessor dipping of the brush into the paint, fluid or paste -in the bucket.

Another object is to provide a straight back chordal bridge piece uponwhich a brush can be hung. In this connection a novel two-pointsuspension is provided for the bridge piece relative to the rim of thereceptacle or bucket to which it is attached. This object contemplatesthe provision of ared ends on such bridge piece and yieldable meanscooperating with each of said flared ends for grippingly and releasablyengaging the wall and rim portion of the receptacle or bucket forsupporting the bridge piece in a vertical plane, chordally of the openend of the bucket as previously mentioned.

These and other objects of the present invention will become apparentfrom a reading of the following description in the light of thedrawings, in which:

Fig. l is a fragmentary perspective View of the open end of a receptacleor bucket having the brush holder of the present invention attachedthereto.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan of Fig. 1 and the brush holder showntherein.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through Fig. 2 taken substantially alongline 3-3 thereof.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the brush holder o-f Fig. 1 asseen from its opposite side.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a clamp means at one end of the holderpart of which is broken away for purposes of illustration.

Fig. 6 is a section through Fig. 2 taken substantially along line 5 5thereof.

Fig. 7 is a perspective View of a brush holder embody- V.. ICC

ing the present invention in a modified form of construction thereof.

In general I have shown a round mouthed bucket 10, Figs. l, 2 and 3 towhich a brush holder 11 embodying the present invention is attached. Asis well known, buckets used by painters are usually round mouthed and inmost cases approximate conventional scrub buckets or pails in shape,size and structure. In the present disclosure I have sho-wn the bucket10 as having a rolled bead upper rim 12 formed on a rounded side wall 13which tapers from its open end or mouth 14 down toward a bottom (notshown) of lesser diameter than the opening 14 at the rim portion 12.

The brush holder 11 of the present invention consists of a flat plate 15which may be of single thickness but preferably is of double thicknessby being bent back upon itself along a crease line 16 at its upper end.In this manner the plate 15 becomes an elongated web against which theblock 17 of a brush 18 can lie.

At each end 19 and 20 of the flat plate or web 15 the holder 11 isprovided with means 21 and 22 in the form of separate clamps forsecuring the latter to the bucket or pot 10. Each of these means 21 and22 is similar in structure and therefore like reference numerals will beapplied to like parts of each for purposes of simplicity.

Referring now to Fig. 3, in which one end 20 of the holder is shown yinvertical section, the clamp means 22 is illustrated at large scale. Thisclamp means comprises a stiff back arm 23 anchored well up into the endportion 20 of the folded metal plate 15. Cooperating with this stift'back arm 23 is a yieldable member 24 in the form of a spring steel arm.This spring steel arm 24 is preferably constructed from a single lengthof spring wire 25 bent as at 26 into an elongated U which issubstantially the same width as the stii back arm 23. The legs 27 and 28of the U-shaped spring arm have intermediate convolutes 29 and 30projecting outwardly from the plane in which the U-shaped spring memberlies. The free ends 31 and 32 of the legs 27 and 28 are bent inwardlytoward each other so as to abut each other in the same plane as thebright portion 26.

The upper portion 33-34 of each leg 27 and 2S lie against the upperportion 35 lof the stiff back arm 23 and together therewith is anchoredwell within the folded metal which forms the end portion 19 or 20 of theholder 11 as the case may be.

The metal plate 15 is adequately folded around the upper ends of the Uspring and stiff arm so as to maintain them tightly together. The lowerend 36 of the stiff back arm 23 runs straight downwardly from the endportion 20 or 19 of the plate 15 but is slightly curved in the lastquarter of its length, outwardly and away from the spring member 24. Asbest seen in Fig. 3, the upper portion 33-34 of the spring member liespractically parallel to and adjacent the upper portion 35 of the stiifback arm 23. The convolutes 29 and 30 occur just below the lowerextremity of the plate 15 and the lower portion 38 of the spring cliptends to bear against the lower portion 36 of the stiff back arm 23,tending however to curve outwardly and away from the latter vin its lastor lower quarter length.

Thus it will be noted (Fig. 3) that a slight gap 40 is provided betweenthe bight portion 26 of the spring member 24 and the lower end 36 of thestiff back arm. In this manner the rolled bead at the rim 12 of thebucket readily fits between the stiff back arm and spring member as theyare pressed down upon the rim of the bucket.

lt should here be noted that the stiff arm 23 is preferably disposedwithin the bucket 10 because it is easier to wipe off and clean than thewire bail 25. More portant, however, since the roll bead rim 12 onbuckets is usually outermost relative to the latter, the spring member24 is preferably outside so that the crotch C, formed between the upperand lower portions of the legs 27 and 28 of the wire or spring arm 24,will receive the rolledrim 1.2 asbest seen in Figs. 1 and: 3. Y theconvolutes 29 and 30 on the spring member are thus disposed outside thebucket where they will. not interfere with the brushV 18 as it is dippedinto and taken out of the lluid in the bucket. Referring now to Fig. 2,note that the ends 19 and 20 of the plate 15 are bent at an obtuse anglerelative to the mid portion of the plate. Thus the ends 19 and 20 aredisposed to overlie, substantially, the rim 12' of the bucket while themid portion of the plate becomes chordally disposed relative to themouth 14 of the bucket. The stiff back arms 2?;` of the clamp at bothends of the plate 15 thus lie substantially at against the wall 13y ofthe bucket while the spring members 24- associated with the arms Z3likewise bear radially inwardrelative to the round bucket.

1n; this manner the -at plate 15 is substantially vertically supportedfrom two points chordally of the bucket. If desired the plate 15 may betilted slightly as illustrated in Fig. 6 so that the brush 18` ismaintained substantially vertical. However, this verticaldispositionvdesired in the brush can be controlled by the length of hook45 adapted to4 hook over theY creased upper edge or back bone of theplate 15. The hook 45 is any well known type having a threadedendscrewed into the block 17 or a part of the handle H secured to theblock. t

In the modied construction of the present invention as depicted` in4Fig. 7 the same general arrangement is employed with the exception thatthe entire structure is made from a relatively stiff-spring wire adaptedto accomplish the same result in substantially the same way.

Referring to Fig. 7, the same reference numerals with exponents apply tothe same parts found inthe structure previously explained in connectionwith Figs. 1 through 6. In general, however, the structure of Fig. 7consists of two basic'wire elements A and B joined together in such. amanner as to provide a brush holder 11 havingk the same generalcharacteristics of the holder 11 already explained. One wire element Ais bent U.shaped so that its bight provides a ridge 'line 16 while itsleg portions 23! and 23" provide downwardly projecting relatively stiiback arms for clamp means 21' and 22','.respectively..

The other wire element B likewise U-shaped has its bight 15l disposedparallel tothe ridge line or bight 16 of element. A and is welded orotherwise secured to the still back` arms 23 and 23" a distance belowthe bight 16' to provide a web comparable to the depthk of the webV 15explained in connection with the preferred 'form of this invention. Thelegs 24 and 24 of the wire element B extend downwardly adjacent the arms23 and 2 respectively, andare rst bent outwardly. at right angles tothe, web 15' and then bowed inwardly toward respective stil back arms 23and 23" to touch the same and complete the clamp means 21 and 22',respectively. These legs 24 and 24 are yieldable and normally tend tobear against; theV respective stili back arms with which they areassociated to clampingly engage the side wall ofa-pail or bucket'whenapplied to the same.

In this manner the outward and downward bend 29 of each leg 24- and 24provides a shelf adapted to rest Moreover,

outwardly flared lower portions facilitating ease of application of the-brush holderp11' to a paint pot in much the same manner as previouslyexplained in connection with the structure of Figs. 1 through 6.

The parallel bights 16 and 15 provide the upper and lower margins of ayframe while the upper portions of the stili back arms 23 and 23 provideend margins of such frame. This frame is elongated Aso as to standvertically and chordally,v above andi across the' rim of a paint pot orbucket and to provide a support for a brush having a laterally extendinghookV hung over' the ridge line or bight 16.

With the present brush holder the lbrush is always disposed to one sideof the mouth ofthe bucket so that it may be relled with fluid. Moreimportant, however, the holder is ott to one side of the mouth 14 sothat access to and from the fluid in the bucket is always possibleduring dipping ofthe brush; v

The brush holder is well secured to the bucket by the clamping meanswhich facilitates quick connection to or disconnection from the bucketwhen necessary.

While I have described my new brush holder in specie detail itv will beappreciated that its design and structure may be Varied, altered and/ ormodified withoutv departing from the spirit of my invention. I'therefore desire to availmyself of all variations, alterations and/ormodifications thereof as my fairly come within the purview ofy theIappended: claim.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

Ina bnush holder including a vertically disposed elongated web-likeframe upon which a hook extending laterally from the brush handle isadapted' to be hung,. said brush holder comprising a U-shaped wireelement providing a ridge line bight and `downwardly projecting stillcback. arms, a second U-shaped wire element having its bight disposedparallel to and below'the` ridge line bight of said first named wireelement andY secured. to the stil back armsthereof in spaced relation tosaid' ridge line bight to form said elongated webalike frame, saidsecondv wire element having leg portions projecting downwardly'adjacentv the. respective stii back arms of said rst namedA wire elementand bowedl inwardly relative to the same to provide clamp means at eachend of said,k elongated frame for grippingly receiving and engaging` theside wall of a bucket for supporting said frame vertically vabove andchordally across the open upper rim of said bucket whereby the ridgeline bight of said frame is uppermost toreceive the hook on said brushyand thegbight portion ofsaid second wire element is lowermost forengagement lby the bristles of said brush.

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